Dryden's forms and styles would become popular in which century?

• A. Seventeenth
• B. Nineteenth
• C. Eighteenth
• D. Twentieth

Answer: (C)

The main idea is how Dryden helped establish a polished, rule‑governed style that later became the standard in English poetry. Dryden popularized forms like the heroic couplet and a neoclassical, balanced verse that prizes clarity and wit. In the eighteenth century, this approach was widely adopted and taught as the norm for serious poetry, with poets such as Pope carrying and refining these techniques. Although Dryden wrote in the late seventeenth century, his methods shaped the prevailing literary taste of the eighteenth century, making that century the period when his forms and styles became most influential.